Couture Wedding Dresses and Bridal Gowns Over $1500

How Much Is Too Much to Pay for a Wedding Dress?

When budgeting for a wedding dress and alterations, the basic rule of thumb is: spend no more than five percent of your total wedding budget. However, this isn’t a hard and fast rule. There can be some wiggle room depending upon how much you want or need to spend in other areas of your budget. Here are some tips on how to get the bridal gown of your dreams without overextending your wedding budget.

3 Tips on Budgeting for Your Couture Wedding Dress

• 1. Get Crafty:
  If you want to devote more of your budget to a wedding gown, it’s time to get crafty when it comes to invitations, table toppers, and favors. Settle on a concept and create handmade wedding trimmings, or go paperless with your save-the-dates and invites by sending electronic invitations instead. The money you save can go straight into your bridal gown fund.


• 2. Make Cuts:
  If you'd rather splurge on a wedding gown than have a dinner service, consider a buffet instead. Similarly, a full bar is more costly than simply serving beer and wine. By saving on your food and beverage budget, you’ll have more money to put towards your wedding dress.


• 3. Shrink Dessert:
  Rather than serving your guests a three-tier wedding cake, opt for cupcakes or cookies from your favorite bakery. Do you or your partner have an aunt or grandma that makes the world’s best desserts? Save money for your wedding dress by enlisting your loved ones’ help making homemade wedding treats that you’re sure to enjoy.

If having the wedding dress of your dreams is a top priority for your ceremony and reception, use these tips as a start to saving room in your wedding budget to splurge for your couture wedding dress. Shop Kleinfeld Bridal Party for misses and plus-size wedding dresses over $1500 in richly designed styles, such as billowy and romantic a-line wedding dresses, regal and dramatic mermaid bridal gowns, and sexy fitted sheath wedding gowns with illusion panels.